Which word is a synonym for synthetic in this sentence: The continuous and reckless use of synthetic chemicals for the control of pests which pose a threat to agricultural crops and human health is proving to be counter-productive.

Which word is a synonym for engender in this sentence: Apart from engendering widespread ecological disorders, pesticides have contributed to the emergence of a new breed of chemical-resistant, highly lethal superbugs.

Which word is a synonym for disorder in this sentence: Apart from engendering widespread ecological disorders, pesticides have contributed to the emergence of a new breed of chemical-resistant, highly lethal superbugs.

Which word is a synonym for lethal in this sentence: Apart from engendering widespread ecological disorders, pesticides have contributed to the emergence of a new breed of chemical-resistant, highly lethal superbugs.

Which word is a synonym for resistance in this sentence: According to a recent study by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), more than 300 species of agricultural pests have developed resistance to a wide range of potent chemicals.

Which word is a synonym for potent in this sentence: According to a recent study by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), more than 300 species of agricultural pests have developed resistance to a wide range of potent chemicals.

Which word is a synonym for immune in this sentence: Not to be left behind are the disease-spreading pests, about 100 species of which have become immune to a variety of insecticides now in use.

Which word is a synonym for insecticide in this sentence: Not to be left behind are the disease-spreading pests, about 100 species of which have become immune to a variety of insecticides now in use.

Which word is a synonym for wipe out in this sentence: One glaring disadvantage of pesticides' application is that, while destroying harmful pests, they also wipe out many useful non-targeted organisms, which keep the growth of the pest population in check.

Which word is a synonym for tremendous in this sentence: Because of their tremendous breeding potential and genetic diversity, many pests are known to withstand synthetic chemicals and bear offspring with a built-in resistance to pesticides.

Which word is a synonym for withstand in this sentence: Because of their tremendous breeding potential and genetic diversity, many pests are known to withstand synthetic chemicals and bear offspring with a built-in resistance to pesticides.

Which word is a synonym for bear in this sentence: Because of their tremendous breeding potential and genetic diversity, many pests are known to withstand synthetic chemicals and bear offspring with a built-in resistance to pesticides.

Which word is a synonym for offspring in this sentence: Because of their tremendous breeding potential and genetic diversity, many pests are known to withstand synthetic chemicals and bear offspring with a built-in resistance to pesticides.

Which word is a synonym for built-in in this sentence: Because of their tremendous breeding potential and genetic diversity, many pests are known to withstand synthetic chemicals and bear offspring with a built-in resistance to pesticides.

Which word is a synonym for havoc in this sentence: The havoc that the 'treadmill syndrome' can bring about is well illustrated by what happened to cotton farmers in Central America.

Which word is a synonym for treadmill in this sentence: The havoc that the 'treadmill syndrome' can bring about is well illustrated by what happened to cotton farmers in Central America.

Which word is a synonym for syndrome in this sentence: The havoc that the 'treadmill syndrome' can bring about is well illustrated by what happened to cotton farmers in Central America.

Which word is a synonym for bask in this sentence: In the early 1940s, basking in the glory of chemical-based intensive agriculture, the farmers avidly took to pesticides as a sure measure to boost crop yield.

Which word is a synonym for glory in this sentence: In the early 1940s, basking in the glory of chemical-based intensive agriculture, the farmers avidly took to pesticides as a sure measure to boost crop yield.

Which word is a synonym for avidly in this sentence: In the early 1940s, basking in the glory of chemical-based intensive agriculture, the farmers avidly took to pesticides as a sure measure to boost crop yield.

Which word is a synonym for yield in this sentence: In the early 1940s, basking in the glory of chemical-based intensive agriculture, the farmers avidly took to pesticides as a sure measure to boost crop yield.

Which word is a synonym for proliferation in this sentence: The insecticide was applied eight times a year in the mid-1940s, rising to 28 in a season in the mid-1950s, following the sudden proliferation of three new varieties of chemical-resistant pests.

Which word is a synonym for alarming in this sentence: By the mid-1960s, the situation took an alarming turn with the outbreak of four more new pests, necessitating pesticide spraying to such an extent that 50% of the financial outlay on cotton production was accounted for by pesticides.

Which word is a synonym for outbreak in this sentence: By the mid-1960s, the situation took an alarming turn with the outbreak of four more new pests, necessitating pesticide spraying to such an extent that 50% of the financial outlay on cotton production was accounted for by pesticides.

Which word is a synonym for necessitate in this sentence: By the mid-1960s, the situation took an alarming turn with the outbreak of four more new pests, necessitating pesticide spraying to such an extent that 50% of the financial outlay on cotton production was accounted for by pesticides.

Which word is a synonym for outlay in this sentence: By the mid-1960s, the situation took an alarming turn with the outbreak of four more new pests, necessitating pesticide spraying to such an extent that 50% of the financial outlay on cotton production was accounted for by pesticides.

Which word is a synonym for invasion in this sentence: In the early 1970s, the spraying frequently reached 70 times a season as the farmers were pushed to the wall by the invasion of genetically stronger insect species.

Which word is a synonym for genetically in this sentence: In the early 1970s, the spraying frequently reached 70 times a season as the farmers were pushed to the wall by the invasion of genetically stronger insect species.

Which word is a synonym for inadequately in this sentence: Most of the pesticides in the market today remain inadequately tested for properties that cause cancer and mutations as well as for other adverse effects on health, says a study by United States environmental agencies. The United States National Resource Defense Council has found that DDT was the most popular of a long list of dangerous chemicals in use.

Which word is a synonym for property in this sentence: Most of the pesticides in the market today remain inadequately tested for properties that cause cancer and mutations as well as for other adverse effects on health, says a study by United States environmental agencies. The United States National Resource Defense Council has found that DDT was the most popular of a long list of dangerous chemicals in use.

Which word is a synonym for escalate in this sentence:

In the face of the escalating perils from indiscriminate applications of pesticides, a more effective and ecologically sound strategy of biological control, involving the selective use of natural enemies of the pest population, is fast gaining popularity - though, as yet, it is a new field with limited potential.

Which word is a synonym for peril in this sentence:

In the face of the escalating perils from indiscriminate applications of pesticides, a more effective and ecologically sound strategy of biological control, involving the selective use of natural enemies of the pest population, is fast gaining popularity - though, as yet, it is a new field with limited potential.

Which word is a synonym for indiscriminate in this sentence:

In the face of the escalating perils from indiscriminate applications of pesticides, a more effective and ecologically sound strategy of biological control, involving the selective use of natural enemies of the pest population, is fast gaining popularity - though, as yet, it is a new field with limited potential.

Which word is a synonym for perpetual in this sentence:

The advantage of biological control in contrast to other methods is that it provides a relatively low-cost, perpetual control system with a minimum of detrimental side-effects.

Which word is a synonym for detrimental in this sentence:

The advantage of biological control in contrast to other methods is that it provides a relatively low-cost, perpetual control system with a minimum of detrimental side-effects.

Which word is a synonym for side-effects in this sentence:

The advantage of biological control in contrast to other methods is that it provides a relatively low-cost, perpetual control system with a minimum of detrimental side-effects.

Which word is a synonym for disperse in this sentence:

When handled by experts, bio-control is safe, non-polluting and self-dispersing.

Which word is a synonym for laboratory in this sentence:

The Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (CIBC) in Bangalore, with its global network of research laboratories and field stations, is one of the most active, non-commercial research agencies engaged in pest control by setting natural predators against parasites.

Which word is a synonym for predator in this sentence:

The Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (CIBC) in Bangalore, with its global network of research laboratories and field stations, is one of the most active, non-commercial research agencies engaged in pest control by setting natural predators against parasites.

Which word is a synonym for obnoxious in this sentence:

CIBC successfully used a seed-feeding weevil, native to Mexico, to control the obnoxious parthenium weed, known to exert devious influence on agriculture and human health in both India and Australia.

Which word is a synonym for devious in this sentence:

CIBC successfully used a seed-feeding weevil, native to Mexico, to control the obnoxious parthenium weed, known to exert devious influence on agriculture and human health in both India and Australia.

Which word is a synonym for eradicate in this sentence:

Similarly the Hyderabad-based Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), supported by eCIBC, is now trying out an Argentinian weevil for the eradication of water hyacinth, another dangerous weed, which has become a nuisance in many parts of the world.

Which word is a synonym for nuisance in this sentence:

Similarly the Hyderabad-based Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), supported by eCIBC, is now trying out an Argentinian weevil for the eradication of water hyacinth, another dangerous weed, which has become a nuisance in many parts of the world.

Which word is a synonym for notorious in this sentence:

CIBC is also perfecting the technique for breeding parasites that prey on 'disapene scale' insects - notorious defoliants of fruit trees in the US and India.

Which word is a synonym for flourish in this sentence:

In the late 1960s, when Sri Lanka's flourishing

coconut groves were plagued by leaf-mining hispides, a larval parasite imported from Singapore brought the pest under control.

Which word is a synonym for plague in this sentence:

In the late 1960s, when Sri Lanka's flourishing

coconut groves were plagued by leaf-mining hispides, a larval parasite imported from Singapore brought the pest under control.

Which word is a synonym for indigenous in this sentence:

A natural predator indigenous to India, Neodumetia sangawani, was found useful in controlling the Rhodes grass-scale insect that was devouring forage grass in many parts of the US.

Which word is a synonym for forage in this sentence:

A natural predator indigenous to India, Neodumetia sangawani, was found useful in controlling the Rhodes grass-scale insect that was devouring forage grass in many parts of the US.

Which word is a synonym for freed in this sentence:

By using Neochetina bruci, a beetle native to Brazil, scientists at Kerala Agricultural University freed a 12-kilometre-long canal from the clutches of the weed Salvinia molesta, popularly called 'African Payal' in Kerala. About 30,000 hectares of rice fields in Kerala are infested by this weed.

Which word is a synonym for freed in this sentence:

By using Neochetina bruci, a beetle native to Brazil, scientists at Kerala Agricultural University freed a 12-kilometre-long canal from the clutches of the weed Salvinia molesta, popularly called 'African Payal' in Kerala. About 30,000 hectares of rice fields in Kerala are infested by this weed.

Which word is a synonym for canal in this sentence:

By using Neochetina bruci, a beetle native to Brazil, scientists at Kerala Agricultural University freed a 12-kilometre-long canal from the clutches of the weed Salvinia molesta, popularly called 'African Payal' in Kerala. About 30,000 hectares of rice fields in Kerala are infested by this weed.

Which word is a synonym for clutch in this sentence:

By using Neochetina bruci, a beetle native to Brazil, scientists at Kerala Agricultural University freed a 12-kilometre-long canal from the clutches of the weed Salvinia molesta, popularly called 'African Payal' in Kerala. About 30,000 hectares of rice fields in Kerala are infested by this weed.

Which word is a synonym for infest in this sentence:

By using Neochetina bruci, a beetle native to Brazil, scientists at Kerala Agricultural University freed a 12-kilometre-long canal from the clutches of the weed Salvinia molesta, popularly called 'African Payal' in Kerala. About 30,000 hectares of rice fields in Kerala are infested by this weed.